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BumRushDaShow

(171,892 posts) Tue May 12, 2026, 05:56 AM 2 hrs ago

Alabama attorney general announces civil probe of Southern Poverty Law Center

Source: AP

Updated 6:33 PM EDT, May 11, 2026

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama’s attorney general announced a civil investigation Monday into the Southern Poverty Law Center’s fundraising practices in the wake of a federal indictment against the organization. Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall said he has sent a subpoena to the center seeking information about its donations and payments to informants. He said he is seeking to determine if the organization violated state laws related to charitable organizations or deceptive trade practices.

“We look forward to learning more about the inner workings of an organization that we have long believed was rotten, but until recently, has been impervious,” Marshall said in a news release. The SPLC gave a brief response Monday. “We have received notice of a subpoena and are currently reviewing,” a spokesperson wrote in an emailed statement.

The state investigation comes after the U.S. Department of Justice announced a criminal indictment against the organization, accusing it of fraud by using funds to pay informants inside extremist groups. Todd Blanche, the acting attorney general, accused the group of “manufacturing racism to justify its existence.”

The SPLC has called the accusation “provably wrong” and said the informant program gathered intelligence to help stop attacks and dismantle the efforts of hate groups. The organization said federal officials have long known about the program and that information has been shared with law enforcement.

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/southern-poverty-law-center-39687360a6e5e65ac1123e974853dc9d

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Alabama attorney general announces civil probe of Southern Poverty Law Center (Original Post) BumRushDaShow 2 hrs ago OP

FFS, who's next? The NAACP? no_hypocrisy 2 hrs ago #1

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall, "the inner workings of an organization ... we believe is rotten" Botany 2 hrs ago #2

Fun Fact: Al Abama banned yoga in public schools for 30 years underpants 2 hrs ago #3

"Christian conservatives who back the ban said yoga would open the door for people to be converted to Hinduism." OldBaldy1701E 1 hr ago #6

Alabama and Mississippi the last two states I'd ever visit, never mind live there. dem4decades 1 hr ago #4

Well, it's Alabama. The SPLC is getting in the way of the Klan rallies. Vinca 1 hr ago #5

This guy orangecrush 15 min ago #7

no_hypocrisy

(55,300 posts)

1. FFS, who's next? The NAACP?

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Tue May 12, 2026, 06:07 AM

2 hrs ago

Botany

(77,781 posts)

2. Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall, "the inner workings of an organization ... we believe is rotten"

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Tue May 12, 2026, 06:17 AM

2 hrs ago

What the Alabama A.G. is really saying is the S.P.L.C. is rotten because it helps A.A. and that Jim Crow
is still alive. Can’t let them coloreds vote and have their votes counted and the SCOTUS has his back
too.

underpants

(197,072 posts)

3. Fun Fact: Al Abama banned yoga in public schools for 30 years

Reply to Botany (Reply #2)

Tue May 12, 2026, 06:40 AM

2 hrs ago

Alabama Will Now Allow Yoga In Its Public Schools (But Students Can't Say 'Namaste')

MAY 21, 2021

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has signed a bill to allow public schools to offer yoga, ending a ban that stood for nearly 30 years. Christian conservatives who back the ban said yoga would open the door for people to be converted to Hinduism.

The new law allows yoga to be offered as an elective for grades K-12. While it erases a ban that, over the years, some schools had not realized existed, it also imposes restrictions on how yoga should be taught. Students won't be allowed to say, "Namaste," for instance. Meditation is not allowed.

"Chanting, mantras, mudras, use of mandalas, induction of hypnotic states, guided imagery, and namaste greetings shall be expressly prohibited," the bill states. It also requires English names be used for all poses and exercises. And before any students try a tree pose, they'll need a parent's permission slip.

https://www.npr.org/2021/05/21/999020140/its-now-legal-to-practice-yoga-in-alabamas-public-schools

OldBaldy1701E

(11,491 posts)

6. "Christian conservatives who back the ban said yoga would open the door for people to be converted to Hinduism."

Reply to underpants (Reply #3)

Tue May 12, 2026, 07:46 AM

1 hr ago

And that, ladies, gentlemen, and everything in between, is what we are up against.

"Chanting, mantras, mudras, use of mandalas, induction of hypnotic states, guided imagery, and namaste greetings shall be expressly prohibited," the bill states. It also requires English names be used for all poses and exercises. And before any students try a tree pose, they'll need a parent's permission slip.